In some ways, the Microsoft work- place is more relaxed and casual than the environment one might find at other corporations. But the computer programmers, office administrators, and other personnel employed by Microsoft know that they are working for bosses who expect the best.
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Microsoft employees work hard and put in long hours, but they’re rewarded with lavish holiday parties and company picnics every summer. They’re also rewarded with the knowledge that, thanks to stock options, the company they work for has more millionaires on the payroll than any other corporation in the world. But Microsoft employees are aware of the fact that they’re expected to follow certain rules.
“If you’re going to work for this company, you’re going to rent a certain kind of hotel room and fly coach, because that’s business and anything else is luxury,” explained Microsoft president and CEO Steve Ballmer.
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